Josh Long

Josh Long

Josh (@starbuxman) is the Spring Developer Advocate at Pivotal and a Java Champion. He's host of "A Bootiful Podcast" (https://soundcloud.com/a-bootiful-podcast), host of the "Spring Tips Videos" (http://bit.ly/spring-tips-playlist), co-author of 6+ books (http://joshlong.com/books.html), and instructor on 8+ Livelessons Training Videos (http://joshlong.com/livelessons.html)

Blog posts by Josh Long

This Week in Spring - December 17th, 2024

Engineering | December 17, 2024 | ...

This Week in Spring - December 17th, 2024

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of a Bootiful Podcast! It's the 17th of December, 2024! And you know what means? The end of the year is nearly upon us! I can't believe it. It's been a very long year indeed, but I'm happy to get on board a flight bound for San Francisco soon and wind down my year in the company of friends and family. I hope you will too. Let's dive right into this week's roundup!

This Week in Spring - December 10th, 2024

Engineering | December 10, 2024 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! As I write this I am in the southern hemisphere (it's summer down here!), in Brisbane, waiting to board a plane for Sydney. It's been a ton of fun!

This Week in Spring - December 24th, 2024

Engineering | December 03, 2024 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Holidays, or simply a convivial Tuesday in December to you!

We've got a ton of cool stuff to dive into so let's get goin'!

This Week in Spring - December 3rd, 2024

Engineering | December 03, 2024 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! It's the first week of December and I am in the amazing city of Perth, Australia. Perth, for those of you who don't know, is amazing. And well worth the journey. But it is quite the journey! 27 hours, door-to-door, from San Francisco to Perth! Insanity.

I'm super happy to be here, though, talking to amazing folks before I begin my journey from Melbourne, Brisbane, and Sydney, Australia for the epic YOW! conference. It's going to be a ton of fun.

This Week in Spring - November 26th, 2024

Engineering | November 26, 2024 | ...

This Week in Spring - November 26th, 2024

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring!

Happy Spring Boot 3.4 release month to those who celebrate! And, also, Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! Spring Boot 3.4 brings with it long-anticipated updates to the entire portfolio of Spring projects, and so a lot of the content in this roundup has to do with those releases!

Bootiful Spring Boot 3.4: Start Here

Engineering | November 25, 2024 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! And happy Spring Boot 3.4 release to those who celebrate!

I know, I know what you're thinking: Josh, Spring Boot 3.4 already shipped! I know it. Spring Boot 3.4 dropped a week earlier this year! In the last couple of years, we’ve released Spring Boot on the same day as Thanksgiving Day in the USA, which is tedious for us here in the United States because it requires more preparation. This year, it’s a week early! Why do I mention this? Well, I’ve had some time already - before Thanksgiving, even - to explore the fantastic possibilities unlocked by using Spring Boot 3.4. While…

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